Cairns Commitment on Implementation of the Agreement Concerning the Neutral Regional Truce Monitoring Group for Bougainville

• Country/entity

  Papua New Guinea
  Bougainville
  
• Region

  Asia and Pacific
  Asia and Pacific
  
• Agreement name

  Cairns Commitment on Implementation of the Agreement Concerning the Neutral Regional Truce Monitoring Group for Bougainville
• Date

  24 Nov 1997
• Agreement status

  Multiparty signed/agreed
• Interim arrangement

  Yes
• Agreement/conflict level

  Intrastate/intrastate conflict ( Bougainville Conflict (1987 - 1998) )
• Stage

  Pre-negotiation/process
• Conflict nature

  Government/territory
• Peace process

  Bougainville: peace process
• Parties

  Note: Parties are not listed in agreement, but instead agreement states that the parties are the same as the parties to the Burnham Truce.
  National Govt of PNG, Bougainville Transitional Govt, the Resistance, the Bougainville Interim Govt, Bougainville Revolutionary Army
• Third parties

  -
• Description

  Agreement establishing Truce Monitoring Group further to Burnham Truce agreement, and Peace Consultative Committee.

• Agreement document

  PG_971124_Cairns_Commitment on Implementation.pdf | Download PDF

Groups

Gender

State definition

Governance

Power sharing

Human rights and equality

Rights related issues

Rights institutions

Justice sector reform

Socio-economic reconstruction

Land, property and environment

Security sector

Transitional justice

Implementation

Cairns Commitment on Implementation of the Agreement Concerning the Neutral Regional Truce Monitoring Group (TMG) for Bougainville

Recalling and reaffirming the agreements and recommendations embodied in teh Burnham Truce, signed at Burnham Military Camp, New Zealand, on 19 October 1997 (The Truce).

Acknowledging with appreciation the willingness of States in the region to respond positively to the invitation to contribute personnel and other forms of support to a neutral Regional Truce Monitoring Group for the purpose of monitoring compliance with the truce;

and

Commitment to co-operating in ensurin grespect for the letter and spirit of the Agreement establishing the Truce Monitoring Group ('the Agreement'), including legislation giving the Agreement the status of municipal law

The parties to the Burnham Truce ('The parties'), meeting in Cairns, Queensland, Australia, hereby declare;

1. The bodies and groups representated will

a) comply with the letter and spirit of the agreement establishing the Truce Monitoring Group;

b) respect the mandate, the internaitonal and neutral character and the personnel including support personnel, together with teh premises, equipment, supplies and line sof communication of the Truce Monitoring Group;

c) ensure that the truce monitoring group is sale at all times from attack, interference or hinderance;

d) provide all possible assistance to the Truce Monitoring Group in teh performance of its mandate;

and

e) urge all other bodies, groups and personal under their authority to do the same.

f) maintain consultations should the need for any supplemental arrangements to the TMG Agreement be required;

2. Consistent with the Agreement establishing the Truce Monitoring Group, the parties, agree to establish the Peace Consultative Committee provided for in the Agreement in order to facilitate consultation and liason -

- Among themselves;

- through the Truce Steering Committee;

including the Commander, with the Truce Monitoring Group;

and

- at the local level.

3. The parties recognize that the role of the Peace Consultative Committee is to review and assess implementation adherence by teh signatories to teh Truce.

The Peace Consultative Committee will recieve regular reports from the Truce Monitoring Group on the implementation, progress and success of the Truce.

The Peace Consultative Committee will have no direct involvement in the command or the deployment decisions made by the Truce Monitoring Group;

4. The Peace Consultative Committee will have the following composition;

a) Core Members

National Government - 3

BTG - 2

BIG - 2

BRA - 2

Resistance - 2

b) The Chairman will be elected from among the core members

c) The committee will determine its working arrangements including frequency of meetings.

5. The Peace Consultative Committee may, by unanimous consent of its members, invite represetnatives of other groups or bodies or person to become members.

This commitment shall take effect as of the date of signature, and shall be reviewed when the leaders meet in January, 1998.

Signed in Cairns, Queensland, Australia, on this 24th Day of november 1997.